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CVE-2023-3244: Comments Like Dislike <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Setting Reset

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Comments Like Dislike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the restore_settings function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to reset the plugin's settings. NOTE: this issue is was only partially patched in version 1.2.0, as the nonce is still present to subscriber-level users.

Affected products

• happy-coders Comments Like Dislike: through 1.1.9

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comments-like-dislike/trunk/inc/classes/cld-admin.php#L99
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2962213/comments-like-dislike
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2955957%40comments-like-dislike&new=2955957%40comments-like-dislike&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66019297-a8a8-4bbc-99db-4b47066f3e50?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comments-like-dislike/trunk/inc/classes/cld-admin.php#L99
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66019297-a8a8-4bbc-99db-4b47066f3e50?source=cve

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